[Raven_Writer]

<*WARNING*: This thread mainly deals with the Palemetto Regional cons. It was fun, but there was a lot of mistakes, errors, etc... *:WARNING*>

1. Allow us to dance - I know almost (if not everyone) at the Palemetto Regional was really disgusted at the fact that they said you can't dance. The ground wasn't bad (I tested it before I danced). If you are going to do music and no dancing, play music you can't dance to (come on, when you hear the cha-cha song, or the electric slide, you're gonna wanna dance to it)

2. Don't shove college stuff down our throats - This is just my personal preference, but think about it. At Palemetto, the only reason it was where it was is to try to get us to go there. Everything they had (to give away) had the USC logo on it. I don't mind hearing stuff like "Come here because we have good programs you might enjoy." Or "This campus is a really clean campus, come join us to keep it cleaner" every now and then, but when they keep pushing us to go there, it gets really annoying.

3. G-rated music - The regionals have been really good at playing 5-year-old music (like Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, etc...), but I don't think many parents want their kids listening to straight-out *unappropriate* songs. Songs like "Lose Yourself" (censored), and stuff like that isn't bad, but the skirt song at Palemetto was just not right.

4. Score correctly - So many times there's been a score change because of various reasons.

5. Don't give out penalties wrongfully - If a robot (B) pushes robot (A) into the plate, you shouldn't give a penatly to (A). I know this probably shouldn't be here, but should be suggested to FIRST, but it's also the ref's responsibility to call them fairly.

6. Make people kneel - Not everyone, just the people that are at the walls (curtains, etc...). It's very aggrevating trying to look on the side of someone to see match, to realize that more people are around him/her.

7. Pick good venues - Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Palemetto had excellent venues IMO. I'd gladly goto any one of those again, but not anything like Nationals last year. I think we all know why. Another reason for me though is because I always travel from stands to pits for various reasons.

8. Play team themes - This isn't a big thing, but if a team has a special song for their team (like we have Beethoven's 5th symphony), let the DJ's play it.

9. Variety - Play different types of music. 'Nuff said.